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T. N. RUVSSELL.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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'-CAR END.

APPLICATION FILED nan. 21. 1921.

Patented Aim 25, 1922.

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T. N. RUSSELL.

CAR END.-

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2l, 1921.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, I921.

.m m J M P UNI-TED s"TATEs--- PATENT OFFI THOMAS NATHAN RUSSELL, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHICAGO-(ELEVE- LAND CAR ROOFING-COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLI- OAR END.

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- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 25 1922,

Application filed February 21, 1921. S erial No. 446,545.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS -NATHAN RUSSELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new. and useful Improvement in Car .Ends, ofwhich the following is a specification. I

The invention relates to the end structure of ventilated box cars, andhas'for an object to attain thorough ventilation through the car end,with free egress of heated alr and gas and ingress'of fresh air, withoutdiminishing the strength of the car end; and attain such objectby asimple and economical sheet metal construction, which, in forming theventilating openings, strongly braces the car end, and also issusceptible of ready repair in case of damage.

-With such objects in view as well as other a vantages which may beincidentto the use of the improvements, the invention consists in theparts and combinations thereof hereinafter set forth and claimed, withthe understanding that the several necessary elements constituting thesame may be variedin proportions and arrangement without departing fromthe nature and scope of the invention.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood there are shownin the accompanying drawings means for carrylng the same into practicalefiect, without limlting the improvements, in their useful applications,to the particular constructions which, for the purpose of explanation,have been made the subject of illustration;

In the said drawings- Fig. 1 is an end view of a ventllated box carembodying the invention. 7

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the roof frame at the end of the car. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of on line 33 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a. vertical section on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 55 of Figure 1.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a modification having the end sheetsextended to the top of the car.

Fig. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Figure 6.

the car end Fig. 8 is ure 6. v

Fig. 9'is a plan View of roof frame at the end of the car shown inFigure 6.

Referring to the drawings, 6 indicates the end sill of the car bodyframe, 7 the end posts, 8 the flooring, 9 the wooden end sheathing orlining, 10 the side sheathing, 11 the end plate of ridge pole, 13 theside plates, 14 the purlins, and 15 the top sheathing. These parts maybe constructed in a usual manner suitable for the invention.

The end wall of the car comprises two sheet metal plates or sections 17which extend from the end sill 6 to the end plate 11 and are secured tothose parts. These plates are spaced apart at the middle of the car(Fig. 1) to leave a vertically extending a section on line 8-8 of Figtheroof frame, 12 the opening, which, however, is partly closed by top,middle and bottom cross plates 19, 20 and 21 which are strongly attachedto the inner edges of the plate sections 17 by bolts' vertical flanges25 (Fig. 5) which enclosethe side sheathing for a short distance and aresecured to the posts 7 by bolts. 26.

The said car end sections 17 are formed with vertical corrugations 27which extend inwardly from the plane of the plate, springing from fiatand relatively narrow bases 28 and having inclinedsides 29 which are ormay be of greater width than said bases, as shown in Fig. 5. What may betermed the inner parts or apices 30 of saidcorrugations are flat andagainst them is laid theend sheathing or lining 9. 1 At suitableintervals are arranged filler bars or posts 31, vertically arranged andextending from the end sill to the end plate, and engaging by theirouter sides the corrugation-bases 28 and by their inner sides the saidsheathing 9. At their upper and lower ends the corrugations 27 taperendwise and outwardly as seen at-32 and merge into the normal plane ofthe end sections 17 as seen in Figs. 1 and 4.

The cross elements 19, 20, 21 are formed with similar or equivalentstiffening corruion gations as clearly shown in Figs. 1,3 and 5. All ofthe corrugations described are or may be of the flattened or truncatedform which. is the subject in part of my Patent No. 1,332,857, grantedMarch 2, 1920.

Referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the cross elements 19, 20 and21 are arranged to form upper and lower ventilator openings 33 and 34 ofthe desired area. If these openings are desired to be smaller thesections 17 will be constructed to have their inner edges approachnearer to one. another, and the cross elements ma be correspondinglywidened in vertical d1rections; and a narrowing of either the verticalor cross elements would produce larger openings. These ventilatoropenings are adapted to receive any usual form of ventilator.

The top cross member 19 is formed with an inwardly. turned horizontal!flange 41 which lies under the flange 23 (Fig. 3).

In Fig. 2 is shown a plan view comprising the end sections andcrowelements, together I with side bars 37 which extend along the sideplates, and which are connected by gusset plates 36 with the flanges 23of the end sections. The end elements are also braced by diagonal bars39 which will be connected with the bars 37 .by suitable means (notshown) and the other ends of which are connected by rivets 40 with theflanges 23 of the end sections and withthe topflange 41 of the crosslate 19. 3

In the form-show in Figs. 6 to 9, the sheet metal plates .or sections 42and top cross plate 43 are;; extended upand have their 1 jflatfverticaljftop margins secured to the anigle barcnd plate 44 thatsupports the ri g I -'pole 45' and purlins 46 and is secured 'atitSendS' to the angle-bar side-plates 47, in the mannershown in Fig. 9,the ends of the top leg of the said angle end-plate being cut away andthe ends of its vertical leg being bentinward-and riveted to the saidsideplates. The gusset plates 48 further secure this juncture of theside-plate and end-plate angle-bar's at each corner of the car. Thewood-fillers 49occu y the spaces between the ridge-poleand pur ins, alonthe end-plate and are bolted'to the said en -plate'.

What isclaimed is- 1. In a ventilated box car, an end structure 2. In aventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertically corrugatedsheet metal end sections which are spaced apart at their inner edges,and horizontally corrugated cross plates which are spaced apart oneabove the other and attached at their edges to the inner edges of saidend sections, the whole structure forming ventilator openings in the carend, said corrugations extending inwardly from the outer plane of thecar end.

3. In a ventilated box car, an end structure comprising verticallycorrugated sheet metal end sectionswhich are spaced apart at their inneredges, and horizontally corrugated cross plates which are spaced apartone 'above the other and attached at their ed es to the inner edges ofsaid end sections, t e whole structure forming ventilator openings inthe car end, said corrugations extending inwa-rdl from the outer planeof the car end an formed with flat outer faces and flat inner faces. I

4. In aventilated box car, an end structure comprising verticallycorrugated sheet metal end sections which arespaced apart at their inneredges, and horizontally corrugated cross plates which. are spaced apartone above the other and attached at their edges to the inner edges ofsaid end sections, the Whole structure forming ventilator openings inthe car end, said corrugations extending inwardly from the outer planeof the car end and formed with flat outer faces and flat inner faces ofless width than the width of the inwardly extending parts of thecorrugations.

5. In a ventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertical sheetmetal end sections which are spaced apart, and formed with verticaltapering corrugations; and cross plates, spaced apart, attached attheirends to said end sections and formed with horizontal taperingcorrugations.

6. In a ventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertical sheetmetal end sections which are formed with vertical corrugations extendinginwardly from the plane'of said sections, said sections being spacedapart; and cross plates attached to said end sections and closing thetop and bottom and middle part of the space between said sections, andarranged to leave ventilator openings, said cross. plates havinghorizontal tapering corrugations. v

7. In a ventilated 'box car the combination of a roof frame, an endstructure comprising vertically corrugated sheet metal end sectionswhich are spaced apart at their inner edges, and horizontally corrugatedcross plates which are spaced apart one above the other and attached attheiredges to the inner edges of said end sections, the whole structureformin ventilator openings in the car .end, and si e bars and diagonalbars connected with the top edges of the end sec tions and with theroofframe.

THOMAS NATHAN RUSSELL.

